Word: scape
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...Both Riester and Müller agree the work-scape has changed since the laws were last refined in the 1970s: more temporary workers have joined the rolls, and larger companies have divided into semiautonomous units subject to less regulation. But where Müller hails a positive drift toward flexibility, Riester sees companies evading their social responsibilities. Still, the two ministers agreed in February to bring temps under the protection of works councils and to lower the size of companies required to have full-time councilors from 300 to 200. They also agreed to expand council activities to include...